<p>why is spanish1 five units? </p>
<p>is it honestly that much work? because that would put it as the equivalent of Bio1A and Bio1AL combined, which is a science. </p>
<p>can anyone tell me from personal experience how much work taking a foreign language requires?</p>
<p>sigh, i should have just done 3 years of it in high school. :(</p>
<p>Foreign language courses demand a lot of your time. Exams and quizzes will be frequent. Definitely no walk in the park if you learning the language for the very first time.</p>
<p>yeah, and it's every day, most language classes are m-f.
why don't you just take it at a community college during the summer?</p>
<p>Latin 1 was only 4 days a week and 4 units, but it was an hour a day of class, 3 exams and a final, a workbook (often 3-5 pages a week) and "cultural asides."</p>
<p>There's definitely a reason they're worth so many units.</p>
<p>Japanese 1A is also 5 units and meets five days a week, an hour each day.</p>
<p>Each week covers one lesson from the textbook.
We have weekly vocabulary quizzes on Mondays (as in you have to learn the words yourself before we begin the lesson in class). And also weekly Kanji (Chinese characters) quizzes.</p>
<p>There is also one oral quiz (skit) or one written quiz (based on two weeks' worth of grammar and vocab) each week. Then the class concludes with an oral interview followed by a two part final.</p>
<p>I think the main thing with the 5 unit language classes is that you can't fall behind since it's in session everyday but on the other hand, the grammar points will be broken up into smaller, more digestible chunks.</p>
<p>don't you also have 1 1/2 hrs. lab a week? Where is the lab?!?</p>
<p>hey punk, are you sure you can take it at community college?</p>
<p>why not? just as long as it transfers.</p>
<p>ya, there's a website that can tell u if it transfers over, i forget what it is.</p>
<p>assist.org</p>
<p>If you're going to do that, please make sure to okay it with someone in the L&S office. You'll run into difficulties transferring it otherwise. You MIGHT be okay taking it during the summer, but if you choose a CC course during the fall or spring semester, it will definitely count as dual-enrollment and require approval from a dean.</p>
<p>thanks for the help guys.</p>
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<p>SPANISH 1 Elementary Spanish (5)|SPAN 101 Elementary Spanish I (5)
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|SPAN 101H Honors Elementary (5)</p>
<h2> | Spanish I </h2>
<p>got this from assist.org.</p>
<p>this means taking SPAN101 at this community college would be equivalent to taking Spanish 1 at Berkeley right?</p>
<p>Yeah, taking the equivalent CC Spanish course would be equivalent. Just make sure with your L&S adviser because there might still be bureaucratic issues because its Berkeley.</p>
<p>Language classes at Cal are not that bad. In fact, the basic level stuff is often a lot of fun for several reasons: </p>
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<li>The instructors, especially, if you get a good one make an effort to not only help you learn the language but immerse you in the culture or cultures if the language is spoken in more than one country or region.</li>
<li>The classes do not hold any punches and do not infantilize you like high school language classes. Okay, maybe this isn't so much fun, but you definitely find it easier to learn when you have a language drilled into your head from day 1 rather than some teacher easing you into it.</li>
<li>The classes are designed to be at least somewhat fun (at lower levels) and a nice break from the obtuse, theoretical stuff you deal with on a day to day basis at Cal becuase when you learn a language, there is definitely a near-immediate tangible benefit.</li>
<li>You are actually going to -learn- the language, whereas in high school (at least my experience) you learned enough to B.S. and get by. There was a reason everyone called Spanish: Spanglish, French: Franglais, etc. etc. at my H.S.</li>
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